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Obama: Allow Hospital Visit for Gays
Friday, 16 Apr, 2010 – 0:27 | Comments Off
Obama: Allow Hospital Visit for Gays

Washington (CNN) — President Obama has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a rule that would prevent hospitals from denying visitation privileges to gay and lesbian partners.
The president’s Thursday memo …

FLASH MOB: Come Break Your Silence @ 5pm in Rosa Parks Plaza 04.16.10
Wednesday, 14 Apr, 2010 – 14:29 | One Comment
FLASH MOB: Come Break Your Silence @ 5pm in Rosa Parks Plaza 04.16.10

04.16.10  is the National Day of Silence, and this year we are organizing  a Flash Mob for the first time ever!

On the National Day of Silence, hundreds of thousands of students from all …

YFT Youth Help Launch Bully Suicide PSA
Friday, 11 Dec, 2009 – 17:50 | Comments Off
YFT Youth Help Launch Bully Suicide PSA

Youth members of YFT are not keeping silent about the experiences they have had in school where they were bullied, harrassed, and treated as outcasts. In a partnership with Campus Harmony Inc. and Tracy Nanthavongsa …

Youth First Texas at the National Equality March
Friday, 23 Oct, 2009 – 15:54 | One Comment
Youth First Texas at the National Equality March

YFT Heads to the National Equality March

Six local youth headed to National Equality March, thanks to chamber dinner attendees
Friday, 25 Sep, 2009 – 13:12 | Comments Off
Six local youth headed to National Equality March, thanks to chamber dinner attendees

INSTANT TEA – Official Blog of the Dallas Voice – http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea
September 22nd, 2009.

Last night during the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce’s Pride Dinner at the Warwick Melrose Hotel, keynote speaker Cleve Jones issued a …

YFT Took 2nd Place in Charitable Tournament for LifeWalk
Wednesday, 29 Jul, 2009 – 16:44 | One Comment
YFT Took 2nd Place in Charitable Tournament for LifeWalk

Youth First Texas threw water balloons and kicked some serious butt during LifeWalk’s Heatwave Waterpalooza! What could possibly be better than raising funds for AIDS Arms Inc., supporting  HIV positive men, women, and children of …

Q & A with the Board of Directors!
Friday, 19 Jun, 2009 – 16:29 | 2 Comments
Q & A with the Board of Directors!

Last Thursday, we promised to post all questions and answers after our Board of Directors shared their role with the youth of YFT. Please see thier replies below. If anyone has any other questions, we …

Dallas PUMP! Season Finale!
Friday, 19 Jun, 2009 – 15:48 | Comments Off
Dallas PUMP! Season Finale!

Youth First Texas’s very own Dallas PUMP! guest starred in yet another amazing performance hosted by the Turtle Creek Chorale’s small ensemble, ENCORE!, on June 10, 2009 at Theater Three. This show, “Avenue E,” with …

President Hails June 2009 as LGBT Month
Tuesday, 2 Jun, 2009 – 12:59 | Comments Off
President Hails June 2009 as LGBT Month

In a statement released Monday by the Press Secretary of The White House, President Barack Obama declared June 2009 as national LGBT month.
From THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary:
Forty years ago, patrons and …

YFT Protest Upholding of Prop 8
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 – 15:33 | Comments Off
YFT Protest Upholding of Prop 8

With signs in hand and voices of distress that can be heard several miles away, Youth First Texas and over 150 protesters from around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex participated Tuesday in the national Prop 8 …